Sessions Schedule

Session: 2

Faculty Sponsors

Jeffrey Witsoe
Robert Hislope

"Ang kuwento ng araw at buwan" - The Story of the Sun and Moon and What it means to be Filipino-American.

Speakers

Rochelle-Leah Nuqui

11:50 AM

Session: 2

Faculty Sponsors

Dan Venning

Latinx Portrayal on the American Stage

Speakers

Erick Miron

11:10 AM

Session: 2

Faculty Sponsors

Claire Bracken

Black and Chicana Feminist Art Perspectives: Fostering Change through Art and Community Building

Speakers

Elena Montoya

10:50 AM

Session: 2

Faculty Sponsors

Butler, Deidre

Music and Social Movements: Role of Rap and Hip-Hop on the Black Lives Matter Movement

Speakers

Mary Melo

11:30 AM

Session: 2

Faculty Sponsors

Robert Hislope

Sex and Power 1

Sexual Objectification of Women: What Can Ancient Rome and Modern Psychology Teach Us?

Speakers

Noa Raskin

12:10 PM

Session: 2

Topic: Sex and Power 1

Faculty Sponsors

Kenneth DeBono

A Brief History of Breast Cancer From Antiquity to Modern Times

Speakers

Sitara Bagnulo

11:50 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Sex and Power 1

Faculty Sponsors

Mark Walker

The Interaction of Masculine Honor Beliefs and Empathy for Bullied Children

Speakers

Alina Whiteside

11:10 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Sex and Power 1

Faculty Sponsors

Conor O'Dea

Preventing Violence Against Women by Targeting The Development of Hostile Masculinity in Boys

Speakers

Crystal Flax

10:50 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Sex and Power 1

Faculty Sponsors

Zoe Oxley

Weaving in Mythology: Portrayals of Women’s Agency and Character in Greek and Roman Literature

Speakers

Molly McLeod

11:30 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Sex and Power 1

Faculty Sponsors

Stacie Raucci

Performing Arts

Absurdism As Social Commentary In Rhinoceros And Other Plays

Speakers

Mia Villeneuve

11:20 AM

Karp 001

Session: 2

Topic: Performing Arts

Faculty Sponsors

Dan Venning

The Spectacular History of Aerial Silks

Speakers

Ingrid Burke

10:50 AM

Karp 001

Session: 2

Topic: Performing Arts

Faculty Sponsors

Miryam Moutillet

LA FILLE DE LA RÉVOLUTION

Speakers

Unglid Paul

11:40 AM

Karp 001

Session: 2

Topic: Performing Arts

Faculty Sponsors

Elise Bouhet

Applications of Silica Sol-Gel Materials

Hydrophobic Aerogel Films

Speakers

Annelise Lobo

12:10 PM

Session: 2

Faculty Sponsors

Ann Anderson

Development of silica-xerogel-based optical humidity sensors

Speakers

Jacob Bowser

11:50 AM

Session: 2

Faculty Sponsors

Mary Carroll

AeroCel Solar Thermal Collector

Speakers

Stefan Brecher Lukas Baker

11:10 AM

Session: 2

Faculty Sponsors

Bradford Bruno

Fabrication and Characterization of TEOS-based Silica Aerogels for Window Applications

Speakers

Margeaux Capron

10:50 AM

Session: 2

Faculty Sponsors

Mary Carroll
Ann Anderson
Roger Hoerl

Using Aerogel-Based Insulation to Reduce Liquid Hydrogen Boil-Off

Speakers

Isaac Neustadt

11:30 AM

Session: 2

Faculty Sponsors

Ann Anderson

Economics, Policies, and Attitudes in non-US countries

Patience as a Determinant of Environmental Attitudes in Europe

Speakers

Carolina Missura Salem

11:50 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Economics, Policies, and Attitudes in non-US countries

Faculty Sponsors

Dolores Garrido

U.S. Monetary Policy As a Hegemonic Tool In Emerging Markets

Speakers

Martin, William D.

11:10 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Economics, Policies, and Attitudes in non-US countries

Faculty Sponsors

Ercan Karadas
Guillermina Seri

Another World is Possible: Democratic Innovations in Latin America

Speakers

Trancozo, Anna

10:50 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Economics, Policies, and Attitudes in non-US countries

Faculty Sponsors

Guillermina Seri

On Non-Life Insurance & Economic Activity in Developing Countries: An Analysis of Select LAC Countries

Speakers

William Pieroni

11:30 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Economics, Policies, and Attitudes in non-US countries

Faculty Sponsors

Dolores Garrido

Cancer - Covid - HIV - Quantitative studies of serious disease

Blocking the entry of HIV into host cells through co-receptor inhibition

Speakers

Garyfallia Ralli

12:10 PM

Session: 2

Topic: Cancer - Covid - HIV - Quantitative studies of serious disease

Faculty Sponsors

Lee Pedzisa

Synthesis of a fatty acid synthase inhibitor enzyme to aid in the treatment of cancer

Speakers

Sophie Danziger

11:50 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Cancer - Covid - HIV - Quantitative studies of serious disease

Faculty Sponsors

Lee Pedzisa

Diagnosing and Categorizing Lung Cancer using Deep Learning

Speakers

Zhebin Yin

11:10 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Cancer - Covid - HIV - Quantitative studies of serious disease

Faculty Sponsors

Jue Wang

Survival Analysis in patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma by different demographic and tumor characteristics

Speakers

Xinchen Huang

10:50 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Cancer - Covid - HIV - Quantitative studies of serious disease

Faculty Sponsors

Jue Wang

Building Computational Models to Predict Survival Rate of Heart Failure Patients with COVID-19

Speakers

Zekai Hu

11:30 AM

Topic: Student Conference on US Foreign Policy at West Point Proceedings

Session: 2

Topic: Cancer - Covid - HIV - Quantitative studies of serious disease

Faculty Sponsors

Jue Wang

Student Conference on US Foreign Policy at West Point Proceedings

Class of 1971 Student Conference on US Affairs (SCUSA): Disruptive Technology and American Influence in the Coming Decade

Speakers

Melanie Boyle Sophia Anderson Daniel Greenman

10:50 AM

Lippman -14

Session: 2

Faculty Sponsors

Lobe, Thomas D.

Evo-Devo 2 (Evolutionary Developmental Biology)

Investigating Embryonic Flexure and Torsion using Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Speakers

Wu Launh

11:50 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Evo-Devo 2 (Evolutionary Developmental Biology)

Faculty Sponsors

Ashok Ramasubramanian

Differentiation of Smooth Muscle in the Developing Spiral Intestine of L. Erinacea

Speakers

Marcy Forti

11:10 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Evo-Devo 2 (Evolutionary Developmental Biology)

Faculty Sponsors

Nicole Theodosiou

Skin deep with Diplodocus: small polygonal scales from Diplodocus sp. were porous, and may have played a role in thermoregulation via water absorption and evaporative cooling

Speakers

Tess Gallagher

10:50 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Evo-Devo 2 (Evolutionary Developmental Biology)

Faculty Sponsors

Barbara Pytel

Widespread evidence of reinforcement in male courtship discrimination driven by pheromones in Drosophila

Speakers

Gabriela Basil

11:30 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Evo-Devo 2 (Evolutionary Developmental Biology)

Faculty Sponsors

Roman Yukilevich

Environmental contamination and water quality in upstate NY

Failing Infrastructure and Stressors on Water Quality in Streams within the Alplaus Watershed in Upstate NY

Speakers

Camryn Ragland

11:50 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Environmental contamination and water quality in upstate NY

Faculty Sponsors

John Garver

Implications of antimicrobial drug and bacteriophage resistance in environmental isolates of E. coli bacteria.

Speakers

Michael Connolly

11:10 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Environmental contamination and water quality in upstate NY

Faculty Sponsors

Robert Lauzon

Sewage Contamination and Pathogens in Urban Streams in Schenectady and impact on the Mohawk River

Speakers

Joanna Wright

10:50 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Environmental contamination and water quality in upstate NY

Faculty Sponsors

John Garver

Use of Cathodoluminescence on Blueback Herring Otoliths to Better Understand Population Dynamics in the Mohawk River

Speakers

Noah Reidy

11:30 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Environmental contamination and water quality in upstate NY

Faculty Sponsors

John Garver

English 1 - Literary Worlds of Creative imagination

Strangers on Earth: a Creative Short Fiction Collection

Speakers

Frank Caccioppoli

11:10 AM

Karp 002

Session: 2

Topic: English 1 - Literary Worlds of Creative imagination

Faculty Sponsors

Claire Bracken

Fantastic Lies

Speakers

Kaleigh Conte

10:50 AM

Karp 002

Session: 2

Topic: English 1 - Literary Worlds of Creative imagination

Faculty Sponsors

Claire Bracken
Jordan Smith

What I Knew Then, and What I Know Now

Speakers

Schaeffer, Madeline A.

11:30 AM

Karp 002

Session: 2

Topic: English 1 - Literary Worlds of Creative imagination

Faculty Sponsors

Claire Bracken

Effects of cortisol on obesity and depression

Cortisol Receptor Sensitivity as a Risk Factor for Depression

Speakers

Michela Michielli

11:10 A.M.

Session: 2

Topic: Effects of cortisol on obesity and depression

Faculty Sponsors

Brian Cohen

The Effect of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Related to Cortisol Activity in Obesity

Speakers

Ryan Sidorski

11:30 A.M.

Session: 2

Topic: Effects of cortisol on obesity and depression

Faculty Sponsors

Brian Cohen

The Effect of Cortisol Hypersensitivity Polymorphisms on Cortisol Activity in Obesity

Speakers

Cassidy Michalicka

11:50 A.M.

Session: 2

Topic: Effects of cortisol on obesity and depression

Faculty Sponsors

Brian Cohen

Relationship Between Cortisol Responsiveness and Depression

Speakers

Lindsey Nassimos

10:50 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Effects of cortisol on obesity and depression

Faculty Sponsors

Brian Cohen

4

Environmental Chemistry

Measuring Concentrations of Acrylamide in Brewed Coffee

Speakers

Amber Birt

1:50 PM

Session: 4

Topic: Environmental Chemistry

Faculty Sponsors

Laura MacManus-Spencer

Investigating interactions of per- and polyfluoroalkyl acids with human serum albumin using an equilibrium dialysis method

Speakers

Sabrina Rufrano

2:10 PM

Session: 4

Topic: Environmental Chemistry

Faculty Sponsors

Laura MacManus-Spencer

Investigating the Mitigation of Lead Contamination and Its Consequences in Roman Pipes Using Experimental Models

Speakers

Michael Conte

2:30 PM